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H. N. PARSONS BALL BEARINQ Filed May 10 ,WZB

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Application tiled May 10,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY N. Psnsons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the oountyof Cook and State a of Illinois, have invented a new an useful Improvement in Ball Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention releates to ball bearings and particularly to the t e of' bearing 10 known as the combined radial and thrust type. The invention is fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bearing Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a dolly for assembling the ball retainers;

Fig. 4c is a partial section on the line a of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 5' is a detail. of the construction of the ball retainers.

lin the embodiment illustrated thebearing comprises inner and outer race members and 11 respectively having parallel race ways 12, 13 and 1t, 15 therein.

be lower race ways 13 and 15 are uninterrupted by any filling slots and the balls I 82 16 therein are assembled in the race ways by placing the inner and outer race members 10 and 11 eccentric to each other as is fully shown and described in the patent to Conrad, No. 822,723, granted June 5, 1906.

After "insertion of the balls in the race ways, the inner race member 10 is forced back to the central position and the balls moved around the race ways until they are uniformly distributed when the two halves 17 and 18 of the ball retainer are placed over the balls 16 and secured thereon by means of rivets 19 passing throu h bolts 20 in the outer retainer. A dolly 0 any kind may be inserted through the opening between the 4.5 race members for holding the rivets 19 while the upper rivet is being riveted over.

The lower half 21 of a similar retainer is then placed between the race members and balls 22ers inserted, one at a time, through the filling slot 10 and 11 in a well known manner, each ball dropping into a socket in the ball retainer.

V The upper retainer section 23 is then placed over the lower half and rivets 19 carried by the lower half are passed through lit? 1922. Serial N0.'559,781.

the upper section and held by means of a dolly 24 having a finger 25 which is insertible through one of the filling slots. and under the ball retainer, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The heads of the rivets may then be formed by means of the riveters 26.

It Will be understood from the foregoing that this arrangement provides a double row ball hearing which, owing to one of the ball races being completely uninterrupted, provides a hearing which will take a thrust load in either direction in addition to the radial load. This method 'also permits the use of ball retainers of the riveted two-piece type which in many ways is superior to any at or known form of retainer.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be un ders'tood that it is capable of many modifica-. tions. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the 'inventionas disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in View of the prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

' 1. In a ball bearing, inner and outer concentric race members, parallel raceways therein,-one of said raceways havingfillin slots, the other raceway bein uninterrupted by filling slots, a set of bal s in each raceway, sa1d uninterrupted raceway being adapted to be filled with balls by displacing the race members eccentric-ally to each other, and a separate retainer for each set of balls, each retainer comprising two pieces, one of which lies on, the inside of said balls, the other onthe outside of said balls.

2. In a ball bearing, inner and outer concentric race members, parallel raceways therein, one of said raceways having filling slots, the other raceway being uninterrupted by filling slots, :1 set of balls in each raceway,

. said uninterrupted raceway being adapted to be filled with balls by displacin the race members eccentrically to each ot er and a. separate retainer for eachset of balls, each retainer comprising two pieces, one of which lies on the inside of said balls the other on the outside of saidballs, said pieces being riveted to ether. l I

3. In a all bearing, inner and outer concentric race members, parallel raccways 110 slots, the other raceway being uninterrupte a v "Latc es therein, one of'said raceways having filling of said retainers comprising two pieces, one slots, the other raceway being uninterrupte of which lies on the inside of said balls, the V by filling slots, a set of balls in each raceway, other on the outside of 'said balls. said uninterrupted raceway being adapted to 5. In-a ball bearing, inner and outer 0011- 5 be filled with balls by displacin the race centric race members, parallel raceways 2 members eccentrically to each other, and a thereingone of said raeewayshaving filling separate retainer for each set of balls, the slots, theother raceway being uninterrupte retainer on the balls of the nninterrup d byfilling s1ots,a set ofi ballsineach raceway,

raceway comprising two'pieces, one of wh ch said uninterrupted raceway being adapted-to l0 lies on the inside of said balls, the-other on befilled with balls-by d splacing the race 30 the outside of saidballs. a members eccentrica'lly to each other, and a p ,4. In a ball bearing, inner and outer con;- separate retainer'for each set of balls. 'centric race members, parallel raceways (Si-In a ball bearing, inner and outer contherein, one of said -raceways having filling centric race membe'rsfa lurality of parallel raceways ineach of s'ai' race members, one 35 by filling slots, a set of balls in each raceway, of said raceways being uninterrupted, a set 1 "said uninterruptedraceway being adapted to of balls in each raceway and a separate ball be filled with balls by displac' the race retainer slid bly secured on each set of balls. members concentrically to each 0t er, snd f separate retainer for each set of, bang; one V HARRY N. PARSONS. 

